Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-08-26
NEW PHARMACY LAW,
Important Code for Governing
Druggists.

adulteration in drugs and medicinal
preparations in this State. This bill
provided for the establishment of a
State Pharmaceutical Board, similar
in its province to the Pharmaceutical
Examining Board of Philadelphia.
1t is the duty of this Board to
grant certificates of competency and
qualification to persons who shall
open, or carry on as manager, any re-
tail drug or chemical store or engage
in the business of compounding or
dispensing medicines or the prescrip-
tions of physicians. or of selling at
retail any drugs, chemicals, poisons
or medicines. Without such certif,
cate from the Pharmaceutical Board
the transaction of such business is
forbidden. The bill provides that the
Board shall consist of FIVE persons,
three of whom shall constitute
quorum, who shall be appointed by
the Governor from among the most
skillful retail apothecaries actually
engaged in said business in the State
of Pennsy lvania and who must have
had ten years practical experience in
the same, one to serve five years, one
four years, one three years, one two
years, and one one year in the first
instance, and thereafter annually the
Governor shall appoint one person to
serve as member of said Board for
the term of five years. The said per-
sons SO appointed shall be and consti-
tute the said State Pharmaceutical
Examining Board, and shall hold the
Office for the term for which they
were appointed or until their success
sors are duly appointed and qualified,
and shall receive as compensation
for their services S. for each day actu-
ally engaged in this service and all
legitimate and necessary expenses in
Cured in attending the meetings of
said Board under the provisions of
this act, and no part of the salary of
said Board or expenses thereof shall
be paid out of the State Treasury"
The Board is to keep book of reg.
istration open ut some convenient
place, in which shall be entered the
name and address of each person
qualified under this act to conduct and
carry on the retail drug or apothecary
business, or to hold the position of
qualified assistant therein. And it
shall be the duty of all persons now
conducting CT who shall hereafter
conduct the business of retail apothe-
carries. OF those acting in the capacity
OF qualified assistants therein, to ap-
ply to the Board and be registered as
such within ninety days after notice
given by advertisement, and thereaf-
ter every three years application for
registration only may be sent by mail
to the Secretary of the Examining
Board after being properly attested
before a notary public or any other
person authorized to administer an
oath in the county in which the ap-
plieant resides The fee for examin-
alton and registration and for the GER
ti6cates shall not exceed 50, and for
registration only not more than 81.
The Board shall meet at least once
every three months at such places as
may be deemed expedient to conduct
examinations. All persons applying
for examination for certificate to en-
title them to conduct and carry on the
retail drug or apotheoary business
must produce satisfactory evidence of
having had not less than four years
practical experience in the business.
And those applying for examination
for certificates as qualified assistants
therein must produce evidence of hav-
ing not less than four years practical
experience in the business. And
those applying for examination for
certificates as qualified assistants
therein must produce evidence of hav-
ing not less than two years expert
enee in said business.
Any person who shall violate or
fail to comply with the provisions of
this section of the act shall be pun
ished on conviction by fine not ex-
ceeding 500 or be imprisoned in the
county Jail of the proper county for a
term not exceeding one year, or both,
at the discretion of the Court. A
qualified assistant engaged in the
business at the passage of this act is
one who has not less than two years
practical experience in the retail drug
and apothecary business. All other
assisantants actually engaged in the
business at the passage of this act
shall, upon the completion of like
term of two years experience, be enti-
tied to registration as qualified assist.
ants without examination.
An important section of the bill re-
fers to adulterations. 1t provides:
That no person shall knowingly,
wilfully or fraudulently falsify or ad-
ulterate or cause to be fasifed adul-
terated any drug or medical substance
or any preparation or authorized or
recognized by the pharmacop1la of
the United States, or used or intend
ed to be used in medicinal practice;
nor cause to be mixed with any such |
drug or medicinal substance any for.
eign or inert substance whatever for |
the purpose of destroying or weaken
igg its medical power and effect, and |
and wilfully, knowingly orfraudulently
sell or cause to be sold fer medical pur-
poses.
Violation of this section is punish
able by fine not exceeding $500 and
the forfeiture of the adulterated arti-
cles